Category Archives: Habitation Servicing

When a habitation check is carried out both the LPG Hoses and LPG Regulator are checked and inspected for damage but also for their date of manufacture. An LPG Regulator in a Motorhome or Caravan has a lifetime expiry set of 10 years and a Rubber LPG Hose is 5 years. Stainless Steel hoses are … Continue reading Are my LPG Hose and Regulator in Date ?→

Customer bought a van in for a standard Hab Service and pre – requested a full fridge service at the same time as “not working well on gas”. Stripped the external access panels off and this is what greeted us:

Here in Outdoorbits we seem to be encountering a spate of High carbon monoxide readings whilst doing Habitation Services recently, more alarmingly the response from owners when informed is that its never been picked up at prior Habitation checks. Now the actual Habitation Service isn’t a mandatory item and as such has no legal requirement … Continue reading Carbon Monoxide Issues→

Carrying out a Habitation service on a customers van this morning and we pulled off the front of the Truma Trumatic Heater to change the igniter box battery and clean behind and thought I would show you a photo of how much build up of combustible materials can take place and the reason why hab … Continue reading Fire, Fire, Fire, well almost !→